11 Miles on Saturday - July 2nd 2005 We ran at Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge last week. 11 miles was the target. I ran it in two hours and twenty minutes. I was slowed down by Side Stitches and there were some steep gradients as well in the running course . I hope to get maintain a 11:30 to 12:00 minutes per mile pace for the Marathon and I have been consistently hitting this mark in all my practice sessions.

The one thing that I noticed in while I am doing these long runs is that water has never tasted so sweet. Especially, when you run the final stretch and your tongue is parched dry, you just run for the water. The tingling feeling that hits you when the water wets your tongue is something I would call "divine"....  ¶ 4:52 PM